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Khersonotherium

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Khersonotherium
Temporal range: Miocene to Pliocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: Khersonotherium

Khersonotherium is a genus of prehistoric giraffes. Its remains were found in Ukraine[1][2] and in Africa.[3]

Etymology

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The first part of the generic name, "Kherson" refers to a city in Ukraine, where the first specimens were recovered. The second part, therium, comes from the Greek, θηρίον which means "beast".

Distribution

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Most fossils of Khersonotherium are found in Ukraine. In Russia and Ukraine the fauna in which it lived is called "hipparionova fauna" - the fauna in which Hipparion was a dominant member. A skeleton of Khersonotherium, found in Odessa, a city in Ukraine, is displayed in Kyiv Paleontological Museum.[2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Krachmal'nova; et al. Putivnyk po Paleontologichnomy Museyu[Ukrainian].
  2. ^ a b LIV СЕССИЯ ПАЛЕОНТОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ОБЩЕСТВА. ГЕОБИОСФЕРНЫЕ -СОБЫТИЯ И ИСТОРИЯ - ОРГАНИЧЕСКОГО МИРА[Russian].
  3. ^ W.R.Hamilton. Fossil Giraffes from Miocene of Africa.
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